vaccination

BCG vaccine to prevent tuberculosis not linked to MS risk: Study

Getting the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine to protect against tuberculosis (TB) or having latent (inactive) TB in young adulthood aren’t linked to the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a Norwegian study found. The study, ā€œBCG vaccination and multiple sclerosis risk: A Norwegian cohort study,ā€ was published in…

Risk of MS Relapse Not Increased by COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Finds

Getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 does not increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses in the two months following vaccination, according to a new study. The results support recommending COVID-19 vaccines for people with MS, its researchers said. “The incidence of relapses in the 2ā€‰months before and…

HPV Vaccine Not Seen to Raise Risk of Autoimmune Disease in Canadian Study

Girls given the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV4) vaccination, commercialized asĀ Gardasil, showed no increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new Canadian study. The time since vaccination and the number of vaccine doses given also did not correlate with diagnoses of such disorders, supporting…

Ongoing Ocrevus Trials Seek More Knowledge of Treatment Effects and MS Patients’ Benefits

Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), a recently approvedĀ therapy for relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS),Ā is now on the U.S. market, but research intoĀ itsĀ use is far from over. Several clinical trials, sponsored by Ocrevus’ developer Genentech or its parent company Roche, are looking at various aspectsĀ of the treatment. Multiple Sclerosis…